By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
United States President Donald Trump first signalled his intention to target the Smithsonian Institution in March, when he signed an executive order titled Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.
This executive order – one of several targeting the cultural sector – vowed to remove…
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By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney
Gavin Newsom has energised fellow Democrats with his ‘fight fire with fire’ approach to the president – if he wins, he may be a strong candidate for the White House.
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By Vibhu Arya, PhD Student, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Renu Agarwal, Professor, Strategy, Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Technology Sydney
Wen Helena Li, Senior Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Card surcharges cost Australians more than $1 billion a year. Switching to real-time payments – which are already here – would cut costs for shoppers and business.
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By Andrew Norton, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
Something major has happened to student demand in recent years. But how much of this is due to the fees students are paying?
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By Ada Cheung, Professorial Fellow in Endocrinology, The University of Melbourne
Nicola Dean, Associate Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
Sav Zwickl, Trans Health Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
For the first time in Australia, an independent committee is considering whether Medicare should fund gender-affirming surgery for trans adults (those aged 18 and over).
Gender-affirming surgery is any surgical procedure that helps trans and gender-diverse (trans) people align their bodies with their gender. For example, a double mastectomy can create a masculine-appearing chest.
Having better gender alignment (sometimes called “congruence”) allows trans people to feel more like themselves. The evidence…
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By Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
Reforestation can contribute significantly to tackling climate change, but research found its global potential is only a fraction of what’s been claimed.
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By Belinda Castles, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Sydney
The explosion of urban writing set in the cities and towns of Australia allows us to walk amid history, subcultures and alternative visions of urban places.
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By Sam Phelps, Commissioning Editor, International Affairs, The Conversation
This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox.
A video broadcast earlier this week captured the horrifying moment rescuers and journalists were killed in a “double-tap” strike on the Nasser hospital in southern Gaza. They had rushed to the scene of an initial Israeli attack, only for the same location to be bombed…
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By Brian Robert Boulay, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.
How does your body make poop? Owen, 4, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Much of the food you eat is absorbed…
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By Elvis Takahashi Mantello
Despite their name, Omada Alithias, the so-called Truth Team, has done more to distort than defend the truth, reflecting the normalization of digital authoritarianism in democratic states.
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